GIFT   OF 


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THE  STUDY  OF  FORESTRY 


REPORT  PREPARED  FOR 

THE  COMMISSION  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  OF  AMERICA 
TO  THE  BRAZIL  CENTENNIAL  EXPOSITION 


For  Distribution  at  the  Centennial  Exposition 
1922-1923 


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DEPARTMENT  OF  AGRICULTURE 


THE  STUDY  OF  FORESTRY 


Supplementing  Exhibit 

of  the 
UNITED  STATES  FOREST  SERVICE 

at  the 

BRAZIL  CENTENNIAL  EXPOSITION 

Rio  de  Janeiro,  Brazil 

1922-1923 


By 
HENRY  S.  GRAVES 

Formerly  Forester,  United  States  Forest  Serrlce 


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THE  STUDY  OF  FORESTRY. 

The  forest  resources  of  Brazil  are  unmatched  anywhere  in  the  world. 
In  extent,  in  number  of  species  of  trees,  in  potential  values  of  products, 
the  Brazilian  forests  are  unique.  They  promise  to  be  a  factor  of  pro- 
found importance  in  the  economic  development  of  the  country.  Their 
permanent  service  in  the  upbuilding  of  Brazil  will,  however,  depend  upon 
the  manner  in  which  they  are  handled.  It  would  be  a  great  misfortune 
if  they  were  exploited  with  the  same  disregard  of  the  permanent  interests 
of  the  nation  that  has  characterized  the  history  of  the  forests  of  the 
United  States.  With  the  application  of  sound  and  practical  methods  of 
forestry,  the  forest  resources  of  Brazil  will  serve  indefinitely  as  a  source 
of  great  national  wealth. 

A  GREAT  FIELD  FOR  FORESTRY. 

In  many  sections  of  Brazil  the  forests  have  already  been  heavily  cut. 
A  large  part  of  this  cutting  has  been  largely  done  in  clearing  land  for  cul- 
tivation and  pasture.  There  is,  however,  a  considerable  export  trade  in 
certain  classes  of  timber  and  in  various  special  products  of  the  forest,  and 
lumber  is  being  cut  in  increasing  quantities  for  home  consumption.  It  is 
inevitable  that  in  the  near  future  there  will  be  a  much  greater  demand 
from  other  countries  for  Brazilian  timber.  The  virgin  forests  in  the  tem- 
perate regions  are  being  depleted  very  rapidly.  Very  soon  America  must 
look  elsewhere  for  substitutes  for  hickory,  ash,  walnut,  high-grade  oak, 
and  other  material.  It  is  a  great  opportunity  for  Brazil  to  supply  this 
need.  As  soon  as  the  qualities  of  the  local  species  are  better  known,  for- 
eign manufacturers  will  demand  them.  There  will  then  come  the  prob- 
lem of  exploration  and  research  to  determine  the  location  of  merchantable 
bodies  of  timber;  capital  and  modern  methods  of  lumbering  will  be 
needed  to  exploit  the  forests;  and  a  lumber  industry  of  great  magnitude 
will  be  built  up  which  will  be  an  important  factor  in  the  economy  of  the 
nation.  But  in  its  own  protection  and  to  guard  its  future  interests 
Brazil  will  have  to  see  to  it  that  the  forests  are  cut  in  a  way  to  insure  per- 
petuation and  to  prevent  devastation. 

Brazil  has  already  taken  the  first  step  in  the  passing  of  a  comprehensive 
forest  code.  Undoubtedly  further  legislation  is  required  to  establish 
and  build  up  the  organizations  necessary  to  carry  on  the  public  work  in 
forestry.  In  the  United  States  but  little  progress  in  forestry  was  made 
until  the  Federal  Government  undertook  the  proper  administration  of 
the  lands  owned  by  the  Nation  and  until  there  was  in  the  country  a  body 
of  professional  foresters.  The  early  American  foresters  obtained  their 

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H'  the-  &ur0pea"fl-  schools.  In  recent  years  there  have  been 
established  in  the  TJnited  States  nearly  20  well-equipped  forest  schools 
and  there  are  to-day  from  500  to  1,000  trained  foresters  working  in  the 
public  service,  in  educational  work,  and  in  the  handling  of  private  forest 
lands.  Brazil  offers  one  of  the  greatest  opportunities  in  the  world  for 
forestry  work.  The  country  needs  many  well-trained  men  and  it  is  hoped 
that  young  Brazilians  will  become  interested  in  forestry  as  offering  an 
attractive  career  and  an  opportunity  to  render  a  great  service  to  the 
nation. 

Ultimately  it  would  be  very  desirable  to  have  some  high-grade  forest 
schools  in  Brazil,  but  until  this  time  comes  those  who  desire  a  training 
may  find  opportunities  in  the  schools  of  other  countries.  While  the  de- 
tails of  applied  forestry  differ  according  to  the  character  of  the  forests,  the 
underlying  principles  are  the  same  in  the  forests  of  the  Tropics  as  in  the 
temperate  regions.  One  or  two  of  the  forest  schools  in  the  United  States 
make  a  special  feature  of  training  young  men  for  tropical  work,  giving 
them  the  foundations  necessary  for  a  career  in  Central  or  South  America, 
or  in  the  Philippine  Islands  and  East  Indies. 

For  the  benefit  of  those  young  men  who  may  be  considering  forestry  as 
a  career  and  may  wish  to  know  about  the  possibilities  of  educational 
work  in  the  United  States,  the  following  brief  sketch  of  the  different 
American  schools  has  been  prepared: 

FOREST  SCHOOLS  IN  THE  UNITED  STATES. 

There  are  19  collegiate  institutions  which  offer  a  full  technical  training 
in  forestry.  In  addition  there  are  a  number  of  agricultural  colleges 
that  offer  limited  courses  in  connection  with  horticulture.  The  descrip- 
tion in  the  succeeding  pages  applies  only  to  those  institutions  that  give 
a  regular  professional  course  of  four  or  five  years.  For  the  convenience 
of  those  who  may  not  be  familiar  with  the  geography  of  the  United  States 
the  schools  are  described  in  five  groups  according  to  their  location  in  the 
northeastern  portion  of  the  country,  in  the  central  west,  in  the  Southern 
States,  in  the  Rocky  Mountain  States,  or  in  the  Pacific  Coast  States. 

i.  FOREST  SCHOOLS  IN  THE  NORTHEASTERN  STATES. 

Seven  institutions  in  the  Northeastern  States  offer  a  full  training  in 
forestry.  This  is  the  most  densely  populated  region  of  the  country, 
where  the  demand  for  forest  products  is  very  great  and  where  the  most 
intensive  forestry  is  practiced.  The  schools  are  within  easy  reach  of 
New  York  City,  the  port  of  disembarkation  for  most  Brazilian  students. 
Excellent  facilities  are  afforded  for  the  teaching  of  forestry,  for  there  are 
many  illustrations  of  forest  practice  in  both  softwood  and  hardwood 
forests. 


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A.    YALS    UNIVERSITY,    SCHOOL  OF    FORESTRY,    NEW    HAVEN, 
CONNECTICUT. 

New  Haven,  Connecticut,  the  seat  of  Yale  University,  is  a  thriving 
city  located  on  Long  Island  Sound  and  about  two  hours'  ride  from  New 
York  City.  The  school  of  forestry,  a  part  of  Yale  University,  is  the  oldest 
of  the  American  forest  schools.  It  has  long  been  a  recognized  leader  in 
forest  education  in  the  United  States.  Established  in  1900,  itsjong  list 
of  graduates  has  supplied  the  heads  of  a  number  of  the  other  forest 
schools  in  the  United  States  and  a  majority  of  their  teaching  force. 
The  present  Chief  of  the  Forest  Service  of  the  United  States  is  a  graduate 
of  this  school  and  the  present  dean  of  the  school  was  formerly  the  Chief 
of  the  Forest  Service.  Two  of  its  graduates  have  been  at  the  head  of  the 
bureau  of  forestry  of  the  Philippines,  one  holding  that  position  at  the 
present  time.  Many  of  the  State  foresters  are  Yale  men.  The  teaching 
force  of  the  Yale  School  of  Forestry  consists  of  seven  men,  each  of  whom 
is  a  leader  in  his  specialty.  Many  of  the  textbooks  on  forestry  have  been 
written  by  these  men. 

The  Yale  School  of  Forestry  is  cosmopolitan  in  character;  she  numbers 
among  her  graduates  students  from  Norway,  South  Africa,  India,  the 
Philippines,  China,  Japan,  South  America,  Australia,  and  Canada.  It 
is  the  only  school  that  offers  special  courses  in  tropical  forestry.  The 
instructors  in  lumbering  and  tropical  forestry  have  practiced  their  pro- 
fession in  tropical  countries.  The  professor  of  forest  products  is  devoting 
much  of  his  time  to  the  study  and  classification  of  tropical  American 
woods. 

Yale  offers  a  two-year  course  in  forestry  for  those  who  hold  a  degree 
from  a  collegiate  institution,  leading  to  the  degree  of  master  of  forestry. 
Undergraduates  of  the  university  may  take  certain  courses  in  forestry 
and  complete  their  professional  work  in  one  year  after  graduation. 

B.    CORNELL   UNIVERSITY,    NEW   YORK   STATE   COLLEGE   OF   AGRICULTURE, 
DEPARTMENT   OF   FORESTRY,  ITHACA,  NEW    YORK. 

The  first  forest  school  of  collegiate  grade  in  the  United  States  was  es- 
tablished at  Cornell  University  but  was  suspended  for  some  time  and  then 
reorganized  as  a  department  in  the  college  of  agriculture.  Cornell 
University  is  situated  in  the  western  part  of  the  State  of  New  York  in 
the  city  of  Ithaca,  an  eight-hour  ride  from  New  York  City.  The  forestry 
instruction  given  at  Cornell  is  of  very  high  grade.  Besides  a  full  under- 
graduate course  of  four  years,  leading  to  a  degree  of  bachelor  of  forestry, 
there  is  a  graduate  course  of  one  year,  on  the  completion  of  which  a 
degree  of  master  of  forestry  is  granted.  There  are  six  instructors  who 
devote  all  of  their  time  to  purely  forestry  subjects.  The  faculty  and 
many  of  the  graduates  of  this  school  occupy  eminent  places  in  the  pro- 
fession. The  present  dean  was  one  of  the  first  in  the  country  to  receive 

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training  in  forestry  and  was  formerly  the  head  of  the  government  forestry 
work  in  the  Hawaiian  Islands  and  hence  has  had  a  long  experience  in 
tropical  forestry. 

C.  SYRACUSE  UNIVERSITY,  THE  NEW  YORK  STATE  COLLEGE  OF  FORESTRY, 

SYRACUSE,    NEW   YORK. 

Syracuse  University  is  situated  at  Syracuse,  New  York,  a  large^city 
located  in  the  western  part  of  New  York  State  and  about  eight  hours' 
ride  from  New  York  City.  The  college  of  forestry,  Syracuse  University, 
is  the  only  one  that  has  brought  practically  all  the  technical  forestry 
subjects  and  those  allied  to  them  under  one  administrative  control.  It  is 
the  most  specialized  of  all  the  forest  schools.  In  equipment  and  in 
number  of  instructors  and  students  it  is  the  largest  forest  school  in  the 
country.  Its  faculty,  consisting  of  some  40  instructors,  is  divided  among 
the  following  departments  of  the  school:  Silviculture,  wood  technology, 
forest  engineering,  forest  utilization,  forest  botany,  forest  entomology, 
forest  zoology,  landscape  engineering,  forest  chemistry,  and  economics. 
The  school  offers  a  four-year  course  in  general  forestry  leading  to  the 
degree  of  bachelor  of  science  and  a  five-year  course  leading  to  the  degree 
of  master  of  forestry.  It  also  offers  courses  which  lead  to  the  degrees  of 
master  of  science  and  doctor  of  philosophy,  and  maintains  an  excellent 
department,  located  in  the  Adirondack  Mountains,  for  the  training  of 
forest  rangers. 

D.  HARVARD     UNIVERSITY,     DEPARTMENT    OF    FORESTRY,     FOREST    HILLS, 

BOSTON,    MASSACHUSETTS. 

The  department  of  forestry  of  Harvard  University  is  devoted  wholly  to 
instruction  in  graduate  work  and  to  forest  research.  The  special  graduate 
courses  deal  with  dendrology,  silviculture,  and  forest  management,  the 
lumber  business,  and  advanced  work  in  forest  physiology.  The  uni- 
versity work  is  centered  at  Forest  Hills,  a  beautiful  suburban  region  of 
Boston.  The  research  in  forestry  and  the  field  work  are  conducted  at  the 
Harvard  Forest  located  at  Petersham,  Massachusetts. 

E.  PENNSYLVANIA  STATE  COLLEGE,  SCHOOL  OF  AGRICULTURE,  DEPART- 

MENT OF  FORESTRY,  STATE  COLLEGE,  PENNSYLVANIA. 

Pennsylvania  State  College  is  located  in  the  town  of  State  College  in 
the  State  of  Pennsylvania.  It  is  beautifully  situated  on  a  plateau  of 
1,200  feet  in  elevation. 

The  enrollment  of  the  department  of  forestry  is  one  of  the  largest  in 
the  United  States.  There  are  five  instructors  directly  connected  with 
the  department.  A  four-year  course  leading  to  a  degree  of  bachelor  of 
science  is  offered.  The  instruction  is  of  very  high  grade,  and  the  grad- 
uates of  the  institution  occupy  positions  of  importance  in  the  profession. 


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F.  PENNSYLVANIA  STATE  FOREST   ACADEMY,  MONT   ALTO,   FRANKUN 

COUNTY,  PENNSYLVANIA. 

The  location  of  this  school  is  at  Mont  Alto,  a  village  60  miles  southwest 
of  Harrisburg,  the  capital  of  the  State  of  Pennsylvania. 

This  is  a  State  school  organized  primarily  to  train  men  for  service  in 
Pennsylvania.  The  State  has  over  a  million  acres  of  public  forests 
requiring  many  men  for  their  protection  and  administration.  The  teach- 
ing force  of  the  school  consists  of  seven  men,  five  of  whom  are  engaged  in 
work  of  purely  technical  character.  The  course  covers  four  years  and 
leads  to  the  degree  of  bachelor  of  forestry. 

G.  UNIVERSITY    OF    MAINE,    COLLEGE    OF    AGRICULTURE,    DEPARTMENT   OF 

FORESTRY,    ORONO,    MAINE. 

The  University  of  Maine  is  situated  in  the  small  but  beautiful  city 
of  Orono,  9  miles  from  Bangor,  the  third  largest  city  in  the  State  of 
Maine.  The  department  of  forestry  offers  a  four-year  course  leading  to 
the  degree  of  bachelor  of  science.  Maine  is  one  of  the  most  heavily 
timbered  States  of  the  Northeast,  and  the  school  has  exceptional  facilities 
for  practical  instruction  in  forestry. 

2.  FOREST  SCHOOLS  IN  THE  CENTRAL  STATES. 

A.  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN,  DEPARTMENT  OF  FORESTRY,  ANN  ARBOR, 

MICHIGAN. 

Ann  Arbor,  the  seat  of  the  University  of  Michigan,  is  a  small  city  in 
the  southern  part  of  the  State,  a  short  distance  from  Detroit,  which  is  one 
of  the  most  important  cities  of  the  Central  States. 

The  training  in  forestry  at  the  University  of  Michigan  is  recognized 
as  one  of  the  most  thorough  and  efficient  in  the  United  States.  There  is 
a  four-year  course  leading  to  the  degree  of  bachelor  of  science  in  forestry, 
and  a  five-year  course  leading  to  the  degree  of  master  of  science  in  forestry. 
The  faculty  of  the  department,  consisting  of  four  instructors,  is  ably 
assisted  in  the  allied  subjects  by  instructors  in  the  other  departments 
of  the  university.  The  head  of  the  department  of  forestry  is  one  of 
the  pioneers  in  the  forestry  movement  in  the  United  States.  He  was 
at  one  time  in  charge  of  the  Federal  forest  reserves.  He  is  an  educator 
of  note,  has  written  a  number  of  textbooks,  and  has  been  a  power  in 
advancing  the  national  forestry  movement.  The  school  counts  among 
its  graduates  many  able  men  engaged  in  forestry  work  in  the  United 
States  and  tropical  countries. 

B.  MICHIGAN     AGRICULTURAL     COLLEGE,     FORESTRY     DEPARTMENT,     EAST 

LANSING,    MICHIGAN. 

The  Michigan  Agricultural  College,  the  oldest  agricultural  school  in 
the  United  States,  is  situated  near  Lansing,  the  capital  city  of  Michigan. 


8  THE   STUDY    OF   FORESTRY. 

The  department  of  forestry  has  an  able  group  of  instructors  and  pro- 
vides a  training  of  high  character.  The  course  covers  four  years  and 
leads  to  the  degree  of  bachelor  of  science. 

C.  UNIVERSITY    OF    MINNESOTA,    COLLEGE    OF    AGRICULTURE,    FORESTRY 

DIVISION,    MINNEAPOLIS,    MINNESOTA. 

Minneapolis,  Minnesota,  is  situated  on  the  Mississippi  River  about 
12  hours  by  rail  northwest  of  Chicago.  The  university  is  one  of  the  great 
educational  institutions  of  the  country.  An  excellent  course  in  forestry 
covering  a  period  of  four  years  is  offered,  with  opportunities  for  advanced 
graduate  work.  Courses  are  given  in  general  forestry,  and  also  in  work 
in  logging  engineering  and  forest  products.  An  able  faculty  of  six 
instructors  handles  the  work.  Minnesota  is  a  timbered  State  and  affords 
good  opportunities  for  practical  work  in  the  forests  and  in  the  many 
wood  manufacturing  establishments.  The  course  leads  to  the  degree  of 
bachelor  of  science. 

D.  IOWA      STATE      COLLEGE      OF      AGRICULTURE      AND      MECHANIC      ARTS, 

DEPARTMENT   OF   FORESTRY,   AMES,    IOWA. 

The  city  of  Ames  is  situated  in  one  of  the  most  prosperous  agricultural 
centers  of  the  United  States.  The  department  of  forestry  offers  a  four- 
year  undergraduate  course  leading  to  a  degree  of  bachelor  of  science  in 
forestry,  permitting  the  student  to  specialize  either  in  forest  management 
or  lumber  marketing/  An  additional  year's  work  is  provided  for  those 
who  desire  to  take  advanced  work  leading  to  the  degree  of  master  of 
forestry.  The  teaching  force  of  the  department  consists  of  five  instruc- 
tors. The  head  of  the  forest  school  is  also  the  State  forester  of  Iowa. 

3.  FOREST  SCHOOLS  IN  THE  SOUTHERN  STATES. 

A.  UNIVERSITY  OF  GEORGIA,  COLLEGE  OF  AGRICULTURE,  DEPARTMENT 
OF  FORESTRY,  ATHENS,  GEORGIA. 

Athens  is  a  charming  city  situated  a  short  distance  from  Atlanta, 
which  is  one  of  the  most  progressive  cities  of  the  South.  The  University 
of  Georgia  is  at  present  the  only  institution  in  the  South  that  offers  a  full 
four-year  course  leading  to  a  bachelor's  degree.  There  are  three  instruc- 
tors in  forestry  on  the  staff. 

4.  FOREST  SCHOOLS  IN  THE  ROCKY  MOUNTAIN  STATES. 

A.    UNIVERSITY  OF  MONTANA,  SCHOOL  OF  FORESTRY,  MISSOULA,  MONTANA. 

Missoula,  Montana,  the  seat  of  the  State  university,  is  a  small  city 
lying  in  a  beautiful  valley  just  west  of  the  main  range  of  the  Rocky 
Mountains.  With  a  force  of  five  instructors,  this  school  offers  two  dis- 
tinct lines  of  specialization,  both  leading  to  a  degree  of  bachelor  of 


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science  in  forestry.  One  course  is  devoted  to  general  forestry  and  fits 
the  student  for  technical  and  administrative  positions;  the  other  course 
is  designed  primarily  for  those  entering  the  field  of  logging  and  lumber- 
ing. The  school  also  gives  a  i2-weeks'  short  course  training  for  forest 
rangers  and  special  courses  in  grazing  of  live  stock  and  in  lumbering. 

B.    UNIVERSITY    OF    IDAHO,    SCHOOL    OF    FORESTRY,    MOSCOW,    IDAHO. 

Moscow,  the  seat  of  the  University  of  Idaho,  is  located  in  the  northern 
part  of  the  State  of  Idaho,  west  of  the  Rocky  Mountains  and  at  an  alti- 
tude of  2, 600  feet. 

The  school,  with  a  strong  faculty  of  four  members,  gives  a  four-year 
course  leading  to  the  degree  of  bachelor  of  science  in  forestry.  The 
institution  is  situated  near  one  of  the  largest  remaining  bodies  of  virgin 
forest.  It  gives  special  training  in  lumbering  as  well  as  forestry  and 
offers  an  excellent  training  for  those  who  may  enter  Government  service 
or  the  lumber  industry.  A  short  course  for  forest  rangers  is  also  given. 

C.  COLORADO  AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGE,  DEPARTMENT  OF  FORESTRY,  FORT 

COLLINS,  COLORADO. 

The  Colorado  Agricultural  College  is  situated  in  Fort  Collins,  which 
lies  in  the  eastern  foothills  of  the  Rocky  Mountains  not  far  north  of  the 
large  city  of  Denver;  the  capital  and  metropolis  of  the  State  of  Colorado. 
A  four-year  course  in  general  forestry  is  offered  leading  to  a  degree  of 
bachelor  of  forestry.  The  graduates  are  fitted  especially  for  work  in 
Colorado,  in  the  Federal  service,  in  lumbering,  and  in  the  handling  of 
live  stock  under  mountain  conditions. 

D.  COLORADO  COLLEGE,  COLORADO  SCHOOL  OF  FORESTRY,  COLORADO 

SPRINGS,  COLORADO. 

Colorado  Springs,  the  seat  of  Colorado  College,  lies  near  the  eastern 
base  of  Pike's  Peak,  one  of  the  tallest  peaks  of  the  Rocky  Mountains.. 
The  school  of  forestry  offers  a  four-year  course  leading  to  a  degree  of 
bachelor  of  science  in  forestry.  After  one  or  two  years  of  graduate 
work  a  degree  of  master  of  forestry  is  conferred.  The  forestry  faculty 
is  ably  assisted  in  allied  subjects  by  instructors  in  other  departments 
of  the  college. 

5.  FOREST  SCHOOLS  IN  THE  PACIFIC  STATES. 

There  are  three  forest  schools  in  the  Pacific  States  which  have  very 
high  standards  of  instruction,  and  are  ably  administered.  Because  of 
their  location  in  or  near  the  greatest  lumbering  center  of  the  world, 
they  offer  excellent  opportunities  for  those  who  wish  to  specialize  in 
problems  relating  to  the  handling  of  virgin  forests. 


10  THE   STUDY   OF   FORESTRY. 

A.    UNIVERSITY    OF   CALIFORNIA,    COLLEGE   OF   AGRICULTURE,    DIVISION  OF 
FORESTRY,    BERKELEY,    CALIFORNIA. 

The  University  of  California,  one  of  the  most  important  institutions 
of  the  country,  is  located  at  Berkeley,  a  beautiful  city  which  lies  across 
the  bay  from  San  Francisco. 

California  contains  very  extensive  forests,  with  conditions  of  wide 
variation  and  great  interest.  There  is  a  large  area  of  forest  land  owned 
by  the  Federal  Government  and  the  extensive  private  forests  consti- 
tute the  basis  for  a  thriving  lumber  industry.  The  forest  school  is  well 
equipped  and  the  instruction  is  given  by  a  strong  faculty  of  able  men. 
Two  degrees  are  offered.  The  degree  of  bachelor  of  science  is  given  at 
the  end  of  the  four-year  course;  a  master  of  science  to  those  who  take 
an  additional  year  of  graduate  study.  A  student  may  specialize  in 
general  forestry,  or  he  may  take  a  course  in  logging  engineering  for  work 
in  the  lumber  industry.  The  school  gives  an  excellent  training  for 
public  service,  for  educational  work,  or  for  private  forestry. 

B.    UNIVERSITY    OF    WASHINGTON,    COLLEGE    OF    FORESTRY, 
SEATTLE,    WASHINGTON. 

The  location  of  the  University  of  Washington  is  at  Seattle,  the  me- 
tropolis of  the  Pacific  Northwest.  This  is  one  of  the  largest  centers  of 
lumber  production  of  the  country,  being  adjacent  to  the  great  forests 
of  Douglas  fir,  a  wood  that  is  now  distributed  throughout  the  world. 

The  school  offers  a  four- year  course,  leading  to  the  degree  of  bachelor  of 
science,  with  additional  opportunities  for  advanced  work  and  a  master's 
degree.  The  course  in  general  forestry  is  on  a  high  plane.  There  is 
also  a  strong  course  in  logging  engineering,  for  those  who  wish  to  enter 
the  lumber  industry.  There  are  extensive  national  forests  in  the  vi- 
cinity so  that  the  graduates  are  well  trained  for  the  public  service.  The 
faculty  is  very  well  equipped  and  the  graduates  are  making  their  mark 
both  in  general  forestry  and  in  the  lumber  business. 

C.    OREGON    AGRICULTURAL    COLLEGE,     FOREST    SCHOOL, 
CORVALLIS,    OREGON. 

The  seat  of  the  Oregon  Agricultural  College  is  Corvallis,  a  city  situated 
at  the  head  of  navigation  on  the  Willamette  River.  Like  the  forest 
school  of  Washington,  this  one  is  situated  within  the  great  lumber  re- 
gion of  the  Pacific  Northwest,  with  all  the  facilities  for  work  in  the  vir- 
gin forest  conditions. 

Two  courses  are  offered,  one  in  general  forestry  leading  to  the  degree 
of  bachelor  of  science  in  forestry  and  the  other  in  logging  engineering 
leading  to  the  degree  of  bachelor  of  science  in  logging  engineering. 
Four  instructors  form  the  teaching  force  of  the  school. 

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Gaylord  Bros. 

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Syracuse,  N.  Y 
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